Behala Paschim Assembly constituency
Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district (Kolkata Municipal Corporation Area) in the Indian state of West Bengal.
| Behala Paschim | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 154 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
Interactive Map Outlining Behala Paschim Assembly Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| LS constituency | Kolkata Dakshin |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 313,005 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Independent |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Overview edit
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 154 Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is composed of the following: 118, 119, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 and 132 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.[1]
Behala Paschim Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Behala West was earlier part of Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly edit
| Election Year | Constituency | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Behala | Biren Roy | All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar)[3] |
| 1957 | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India[4] | |
| 1962 | Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay | Communist Party of India[5] | |
| 1967 | Behala West | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[6] |
| 1969 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[7] | |
| 1971 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[8] | |
| 1972 | Biswanath Chakraborty | Communist Party of India[9] | |
| 1977 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[10] | |
| 1982 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[11] | |
| 1987 | Rabin Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[12] | |
| 1991 | Nirmal Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[13] | |
| 1996 | Nirmal Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist)[14] | |
| 2001 | Partha Chatterjee | West Bengal Trinamool Congress[15] | |
| 2006 | Partha Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress[16] | |
| Major boundary changes; constituency renamed as Behala Paschim | |||
| 2011 | Behala Paschim | Partha Chatterjee | All India Trinamool Congress[17] |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | |||
Election results edit
2021 edit
In the 2021 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress, defeated his nearest rival, Srabanti Chatterjee of BJP [18]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC | Partha Chatterjee | 114,778 | 49.51 | +2.61 | |
| BJP | Srabanti Chatterjee | 63,894 | 27.56 | +19.36 | |
| CPI(M) | Nihar Bhakta | 47,509 | 20.49 | -22.31 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,433 | 1.05 | -0.81 | |
| IND | Sanat Kumar Bhakat | 873 | 0.38 | ||
| Majority | 50,884 | 22.14 | +17.85 | ||
| Turnout | 2,32,249 | 74.15 | |||
| TMC hold | Swing | ||||
2016 edit
In the 2016 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Kaustav Chatterjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC | Partha Chatterjee | 1,02,114 | 46.90 | -16.06 | |
| CPI(M) | Kaustav Chatterjee | 93,218 | 42.80 | +8.90 | |
| BJP | Harikrishna Dutta | 17,962 | 8.20 | +6.11 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,137 | 1.86 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Mrityunjoy Roy | 1,494 | 0.70 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,896 | 4.01 | -24.96 | ||
| Turnout | 2,22,253 | 75.49 | -1.90 | ||
| TMC hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on LF+Congress vote percentages taken together in 2016.
2011 edit
In the 2011 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Anupam Deb Sarkar of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC | Partha Chatterjee | 1,27,870 | 62.96 | 10.57# | |
| CPI(M) | Anupam Debsarkar | 68,849 | 33.90 | -11.54 | |
| BJP | Amalendu Roy Chowdhary | 4,248 | 2.09 | ||
| IND | Jayanta Datta | 2,140 | 1.05 | ||
| Majority | 59,021 | 29.06 | |||
| Turnout | 2,03,218 | 77.87 | |||
| TMC hold | Swing | 22.11# | |||
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
2006 edit
In the 2006 elections, Partha Chatterjee of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Niranjan Chatterjee of CPI(M).
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMC | Partha Chatterjee | 82,259 | 48.80 | ||
| CPI(M) | Niranjan Chatterjee | 76,532 | 45.40 | ||
| INC | Anjali Mukherjee | 5,979 | 3.60 | ||
| Independent | Samir Kumar Halder | 1,062 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Tuhin Sarkar | 999 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Ashoke Kumar Halder | 957 | 0.60 | ||
| Independent | Nirmal Mukherjee | 648 | 0.40 | ||
| Majority | 5,727 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 168,504 | 74.7 | |||
| TMC hold | Swing | ||||
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2001 edit
Nirmal Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Kumud Bhattacharya of Congress in 1996,[14] and Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1991.[13] Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) defeated Lakshmi Kanta Basu of Congress in 1987,[12] Aruna Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1982[11] and Subodh Chandra Das of Congress in 1977.[10][22]
1952-1972 edit
Biswanath Chakraborty of CPI won in 1972.[9] Rabin Mukherjee of CPI(M) won in 1971,[8] 1969[7] and 1967.[6] Prior to that Behala was a single seat. Rabindra Nath Mukhopadhyay of CPI won the Behala seat in 1962[5] and 1957.[4] In independent India's first election in 1952,[3] Biren Roy of Forward Bloc (RG) won the Behala seat.
References edit
Notes edit
Citations edit
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- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "BJP fields actor Srabanti Chatterjee against Partha Chatterjee in Behala West".
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "West Bengal Assembly Election 2011". Behala Paschim. Empowering India. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "113 - Behala West Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.